See no Spanish: language, local context, and attitudes toward immigration

Hopkins, Daniel J.; Tran, Van C.; Williamson, Abigail Fisher

doi:10.1080/21565503.2013.872998

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“…The latter can cause conflict when heterogeneous groups interact (Gallois, Ogay, and Giles ). Consistent with this theory, some empirical research finds that the experience of difficulties in interacting and communicating with immigrants leads to perceptions of cultural threat; inter‐group contact in such conditions can increase hostility toward minorities (Hopkins, Tran, and Williamson ; Newman, Taber, and Hartman ; Sniderman et al. ).…”

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Does Anti‐Hispanic Bias Motivate Opposition to Non‐English Languages?*

Shin¹,

Leal

Ellison

2015

Sociological Inquiry

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Contemporary political debates about language policy in the United States focus on three primary policy issues: bilingual education in public schools, English‐only legislation, and the access of non‐English speaking citizens to political rights. Using the “Multi‐Ethnic United States” module from the 2000 General Social Survey (GSS), this article tests multiple attitudinal, behavioral, demographic, and contextual hypotheses for how Anglos and African Americans view bilingual policy issues. We examine the role of linguistic contact, self‐interest, group threat, and discriminatory views of Latinos, finding that the latter—as measured by the “Three Ds” (Derogation, Disrespect, and Distance)—are the strongest predictors of attitudes toward bilingualism. Distance (social distance from Latinos) is consistently significant, disrespect (doubts about Latino contributions to the United States.) is mostly significant, and derogation (Latino stereotypes) is occasionally significant. Also, political ideology and knowledge of a non‐English language play important roles in the formation of favorable bilingualism opinions. However, the self‐interest and group threat variables were largely insignificant. Taken together, these findings indicate the importance of understanding how policy views may be structured by opinions about out‐group individuals and cultures. Language can serve as a proxy for immigrants themselves, as negative attitudes toward Latinos are associated with negative attitudes toward bilingualism.

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Does Anti‐Hispanic Bias Motivate Opposition to Non‐English Languages?*

Shin¹,

Leal

Ellison

2015

Sociological Inquiry

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“…In particular, this work strongly suggests that experienced threats from a subordinate group should arouse anger and that this anger should lead to the expression of hostile attitudes and the engagement in harm‐intending actions toward the threatening group. In the context of opinion on immigration, the perception of threats posed by immigrants serves as a strong source of anti‐immigrant sentiment, and past research finds that threatening cultural experiences—such as exposure to a foreign language—can augment the perception that immigrants pose a cultural threat (Newman, Hartman, & Taber, ; Hopkins, Tran, & Williamson, ). These findings, along with those from the intergroup emotions and language‐exclusion research, suggest that experienced cultural transaction costs may indirectly influence policy attitudes by arousing anger, which in turn may provoke negative attitudes and beliefs about immigrants and cultural minorities.…”

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“…rather than prolonged and intimate settings (Hopkins, ). Further, recent research finds that impersonal and incidental exposure to the Spanish language can operate as a powerful implicit cue by activating feelings of threat and opposition to immigration (Newman, Hartman, & Taber, ; Hopkins et al., ).…”

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Social Dominance and the Cultural Politics of Immigration

Newman¹,

Hartman

Taber

2013

Political Psychology

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We argue that conflict over immigration largely concerns who bears the burden of cultural transaction costs, which we define as the costs associated with overcoming cultural barriers (e.g., language) to social exchange. Our framework suggests that the ability of native-born citizens to push cultural transaction costs onto immigrant outgroups serves as an important expression of social dominance. In two novel studies, we demonstrate that social dominance motives condition emotional responses to encountering cultural transaction costs, shape engagement in cultural accommodation behavior toward immigrants, and affect immigration attitudes and policy preferences.

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“…Second, even with this caveat, economic considerations play a less important role as a predictor of nativism than perceived cultural threats to language, identity, and way of life (Citrin, Wong, and Duff, ; Ivarsflaten, ; Rustenbach, ; Schildkraut, ; White, ). For example, previous research has shown that exposure to the Spanish language may increase the perceived cultural threat within the U.S. context (Hopkins, Tran, and Williamson, ; Newman, Hartman, and Taber, , ) and that by extension, nativist sentiments respond not to levels of immigration but to growth (Hatton, ). Further, while less (better) educated working‐class citizens may be more (less) opposed to immigration, the reason may have less to do with labor market considerations among the working class than with the value placed on cultural diversity among higher income, better educated citizens (Hainmueller and Hiscox, , ).…”

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Economic Vulnerability, Cultural Decline, and Nativism: Contingent and Indirect Effects

Davis

Goidel

Lipsmeyer

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Social Science Quarterly

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Objective Nativism, or anti‐immigrant preferences, is increasingly evident within democratic mass publics. In this article, we explore whether economic concerns, perceptions of social decline, or some combination of the two shape these attitudes. Method Our data are comprised of more than 8,000 survey respondents from nine Western, industrial democracies (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and the United States). Using mediation analysis, we test for the extent to which economic anxiety and perceptions of cultural decline exert direct and indirect effects on nativism. Results On balance, the effect of economic anxiety—concern regarding job loss and negative economic assessments—on nativism is mostly indirect, affecting nativism by influencing perceptions of cultural decline. Conclusion Given the strong association between perceptions of social decline and nativism, it appears as though anti‐immigrant sentiments draw from cultural rather than economic concerns. The story, however, does not end there. Perceptions of societal decline are strongly influenced by economic anxiety.

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See no Spanish: language, local context, and attitudes toward immigration

Cited by 74 publications

References 38 publications

Does Anti‐Hispanic Bias Motivate Opposition to Non‐English Languages?*

Does Anti‐Hispanic Bias Motivate Opposition to Non‐English Languages?*

Social Dominance and the Cultural Politics of Immigration

Economic Vulnerability, Cultural Decline, and Nativism: Contingent and Indirect Effects

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